The Flaming Lips: The Terror

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The Flaming Lips have struck musical gold with their latest album The TerrorGeorge Salisbury

Will Hodgkinson

Last updated at 12:03AM, March 29 2013

The Flaming Lips have been one of the more unlikely success stories of the
modern age. This psychedelic rock band from Oklahoma City makes strange,
unwieldy music, but has mainstream appeal. Much of that is down to singer
Wayne Coyne. A charismatic misfit who seems to have struck a balance between
eccentricity and contentment, Coyne has been a living advertisement for
living life on one’s own terms — until recently.

Coyne has been going through a hard time. Last year he separated from
Michelle, his wife of 25 years. He started taking drugs, having previously
relied on his imagination for creative